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Henry Moore Institute, to 31 JulRobert ClarkDespite being its single-medium remit, the National Glass Centre continues to stage exhibitions that are historically informative and culturally questioning as well as a delight to look at.
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The office must be independent of the “single-medium program offices,” but was given authority to review and advise those offices to promote an integrated, multi-media (i.e., air, land, and water) approach to source reduction.
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"It would be a sad day in the South African historical annals that hundreds of children remained illiterate or dropped out of school because they were excluded from under-utilised schools purportedly to protect and preserve the status of certain schools as single-medium Afrikaans schools," the judgment reads.
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The African National Congress and the presidency are singling out Afrikaans single-medium schools for interference, harassment and demonisation, says Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon.
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Mikro Primary School in Kuils River, Cape Town, refused to accommodate 21 pupils in English earlier this year, arguing that it had been an Afrikaans single-medium institution since 1973.
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In the ANC's insistence on racial "representivity" targets in the public service; in its insistence on interfering in the selection of the Springbok rugby team and other national teams; and in its relentless drive to eliminate single-medium Afrikaans schools, the ANC had made clear its hostility to the rights of minorities - not just as groups, but as individuals as well.
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The Mikro affair had in no way been an attack on single-medium schools, which was a right he accepted.
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The legal row erupted when the school refused entry to 40 grade one pupils, arguing that it had been an Afrikaans single-medium institution since 1973.
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The school first refused to accommodate 21 pupils in English earlier this year, arguing that it had been an Afrikaans single-medium institution since 1973.
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The government should stop trying to eliminate single-medium Afrikaans schools and start leading the fight for real language diversity in South Africa.
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